Enforcement Lax Land Developer Laws Fail To Halt Fraud
Congress passed the Interstate Land Sales Act in 1968 to curb land sales fraud. HUD official George Bernstein reports near zero enforcement but says public hearings across 17 cities, including Atlanta on Sept 27–28, aim to generate leads and push indictments. Many buyers were misled about property reports and development plans.
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Atlanta
Congress
George Bernstein
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Office of Interstate Land Sales
Bernstein
New York
Boston
Denver
Kansas City
Washington
James Fauster
Roswell
Joseph L. Abraham
HUD
Reidsville Welcomes Air Ace Steve Ritchie
Air Force Captain Steve Ritchie received a hero welcome in Reidsville North Carolina after downing his fifth MIG over Hanoi. He praised being American and addressed about 1800 students at Reidsville High School before a mile long parade and a symbolic key presentation.
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Reidsville
N.C
Air Force
Steve Ritchie
North Vietnam
Ritchie
Hanoi
Reidsville Senior
Ray Roberts
Roberts
North Carolina A&t University
National Guard
American Legion
Senate weighs temp welfare plan tests for guaranteed income
The Senate may accept all three welfare reform proposals as a temporary compromise to test guaranteed income plans for two years amid pressure to adjourn. Senator Long opposes Medicare eye and dental aid linked to income, while a 37 to 34 vote expands coverage for glasses and hearing aids under Medicare for low income seniors.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Nixon
House
Abraham A. Ribicoff
D-Conn
Finance Committee
Long
Claiborne Pell
D-R.i
Medicare
Senate House
Bloodletting in Belfast as 5 Die 25 Hurt in Protest Violence
In Northern Ireland gunfights and rioting killed five and wounded about 25 as Protestant militants plan a Marchmont rally near Belfast. The violence, part of sectarian clashes tied to Stormont suspension and direct rule, marks a deadly prelude to a massive Vanguard Movement protest.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Stormont
Britain
London
Irish Republican Army
Stemont
Brian Faulkner
Democratic Unionist Party
Evlan Paisley
Vanguard
Ulster
Ballynure
Catholic Falls Red
Convict earns degree and eyes doctorate at SIU
Victor Laurence Taylor, a 28 year old inmate at Marion federal penitentiary, earned a bachelor’s degree in 21 months with a 4.89 GPA through prison university programs and will enter SIU as a graduate student. He plans a Ph D, professorship, and scholarly writing after parole. He remains sentenced for bank robberies in multiple states and faces further term implications.
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Carbondale, Ill
Victor Laurence Taylor
Southern Illinois University
Taylor
Federal Penitentiary
Marion
SIU
Walter G. Robinson, Jr
Atlanta
Oklahoma
McGovern Attacks Payroll Tax Increase in Social Security Bill
George McGovern denounced the $6 billion payroll tax hike in the Senate Social Security bill and urged funding changes by cutting corporate tax cuts. He planned campaign stops in Baltimore Atlantic City and New York City to appeal to urban ethnic communities and asserted fraud in federal housing programs.
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ST. Michaels, Md
George McGovern
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
McGovern
Maryland
Baltimore
Atlantic City
N.J
New York City
Federal Housing Administration
Nixon Signs SALT Agreement in White House Ceremony
President Nixon signs a congressional resolution approving the U S Soviet five year freeze on major nuclear arsenals. The Jackson amendment seeks parity in future strategic arms talks and the measure follows Senate debate and House approval after Brezhnev led interim pact.
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Washington
White House
Nixon
Moscow
Senate
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Soviet Union
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
United States
House
Panel Probes Lavelle Raids Civilian Control Under Scrutiny
Senate Armed Services Committee reviews testimony on unauthorized bombing of North Vietnam by Gen. Lavelle and related Navy pilots. Chairman John Stennis says evidence does not show a serious breach of civilian control, with panel set to issue recommendations next week.
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Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
North Vietnam
John Stennis
Stennis
Nixon
Creighton Abrams
U.S
Vietnam
John D. Lavelle
7Th Air Force
Air Force
Lavelle
Navy
Constellation
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Russell B. Long
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San Diego Naval Station
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Raleigh
Tricia Nixon Cox
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